Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-05
THE DANDY DUDE.
HOW he DRESSES HIMSELF. IN THIS
YEAR OF OUR LORD 1887.
Solomon In All His Glory Wa. Not Ar
rayed Like One of These --Underwear
Fine Enough for the Most Luxuriant
Oriental Potentate.
Special Correspondence. J

counter you would like a robins egg blue
or gentlemen Of your complexion frequently
wear salmon pink, and he selected a couple
of boxes from the shelves. l suppose looked
as if thought him crazy, for he added i'll
terrogatively:
'.Of course YOU want silkr
''Of course dontl" responded, and his
face fell
Gentlemen generally wear silk. but We
sell many of the wooden ones to old fashioned
people, he remarked
Let me zee the silk ones,n said. and be
frightened up.
These, he said, producing an entire suit
Of underwear of a delicate baby blue tint and
woven OF the finest silk, ''are worth $50 set
You need about four sets. l should suggest
four different ints, and he whisked on. upon
the counter three duplicates of the blue set in
salmon pink, mauve and a charmingly deli
cate shade of green. l recovered myself
MY friend" said firmly, II don't know
what led you TO suppose that am million
ARE or an idiot. l am neither. want q
couple of sets of plain, serviceable under
wear, capable of keeping up reasonable
temperature in the carcass of an every ,iay
newspaper man. Nevertheless, | should like
to look at these pretty fancies ell me. how
much does it cost to dress genuine dudef,
The haberdasher laughed
You want just the sort of things wear
myself, and he satisfied my desires i'll short
order. AS for dressing dude he cont i'll
ued, that of course depends upon the dude
have customers who spend 5000 or 81, ,OG0
year. To begin with underclothes. lie
needs at least four weights and four suits of
each. Here Is an extra heavy silk suit for
mldwinter which costs $50 1t is pure silk,
the finest quality, and is as You see hand
somely embroidered up the front. Too GOOD
TO wear under the coat! Oh, no. though We
have them without the embroidery and not
70 finely made for less money. As
matter OF fact, plain silk under
wear Is by no means as extravagant
as you would suppose. 1t is an excellent
guard against rheumatism, and many people
wear 1t on that account alone Then a good
quality silk undervsst at, say, SIS, will out
wear three woolen ones, and YOU have the
luxurious feeling that the woven silk next
the skin imparts OF course the embroidery
and extra fine finish Of these $50 suits add
nothing to the durability but much to the ex-
pense. The same is true Of silk socks be
added. producing several boxes containing
hosiery of variegated hues 1.-The acme OF
quality comes at about S5 per pair After
that the price represents fancy work and
runs up to $40 or Sl2. There is a new fad
which is very comfortable and popular in
socks, which consists in having the toes made
separate like the fingers of glove. 1t is an
English notion and they are called 'sox.'
Black silk with delicate embroidered clocks
or vines and various geometrical patterns
over the instep, and up the front of the ankle
are most popular for evening dress. while the
new shades of copper. almond brown, serpent
green and cedar green, gobelin blue terra
Gotta and orange red are worn during the
day. Solid colors are popular for hosiery,
stripes an dots having about gone out;
though W, lately filed an order for a Young
man for six dozen assorted pairs, with his
monogram worked on the instep in contrast
ing oolors. They cos. him $50 dozen
Might shirts are made of soft China silk,
embroidered with hight blue. red and green
silks. They are much more comfortable than
the old fashioned linen ones, and cost from
% to Sl2 piece, according to the amount of
embroidery upon them. They are either
snow white or q delicate fawn color. and are
oInamented in every style, from plain stitch
ing to the most elaborate embroidery
in shirts, embroidery and fancy work is
going out, both for day time and evening
dress. The best we can do is fine linen at 81
piece. Striped shirts will not be worn this !
winter. though there is a vigorous effort to |
introduce large blue and red polka dots on |
shirt bosoms. l think plain white will hold |
the popular TASTE" and the worthy hal,er- |
dasher sighed As if some one had done him /
q personal injury.
He frightened up, however. as he produced |
some handkerchief boxes and displayed their
contents
''Aint they just gorgeousr he exclaimed,
forgetful of grammar in his enthusiasm. |
They were glaring Scotch plaids Red, blue
and yellow strobic circles, squares. zigzags |
and cross bars in every conceivable hue
made one dizzy to look at them.
''These run from 81 to SS a piece. and will
be worn in the morning Plain white linen
with embroidered monogram in white or
white silk, are OF course the correct thing for
evening dress. These things in nine cases /
out of ten won't wash, SO a supply won't last
long"
"Now how much does it cost to dress a
dudef' l asked, repeating my original ques-
ton.
"As said before, it depends upon tho
.ie,r replied the haberdasl,er, smiling.
However, we will take an average and see'
took slip Of paper and pencil and rapidly
Jotltu uoWn tIe lltfllS as DE reelesl them Oh:
-Four suits Of extra heavy silk
underwear at from $50 to S6Ga
suit .....-.,................ sIOto $40
Four suits Of medium at from S25
to $40. -..--.- .-... .........- l0Oto 100
-Four suits Of light at from $s5t to
$so..--.-....-.--.-.....-... Iooto IsG
-Four suits Of extra light at from
ssoto $40 -.--.......-. ........ soto ICo
Three dozen silk stockings, va
rious weights at an average of
S.S per dozen ...........-.-.. 10 80
Neckties for the year round, say
from. rom............-..-....-... Iooto 80
Blazers, tennis, boating shirts and
other summer wear, would
from. ..-...-...-..-.... ...-......-.. 80 to leo
Gc YES. from 30 to 100 pairs from lotto $40
Collars. cuffs, handkerchiefs, etc 2gto 500
Total -....--........-........S Sl.sJo to Ss,90
But that, of course, does not represent
the extremes" said the haberdasher as I
footed up the figures We have customers
who dress very richly on 5000 or 500 a year,
and we have several who spend as high as
S5,OO / know one young man who never
wears Eecktie second time. and changes
at least twice a day; 50 YOU see it costs him
at least 81 30 yearfor neckties alone Iis
valet takes the old ones and sells them t. q
furnishing goods store on Sixth avenue.
Some gentlemen will never wear anything q
second season, while others are very careful
of their clothes. so that YOU can hardy make